Archive

  • NAIC defends climate work against political questioning

    18 September 2024

    Commissioners' association says states are best positioned to address insurance crisis

  • US National Science Foundation and FIO to fund terrorism and cyber cat modelling research

    29 April 2024

    The parties are seeking research proposals designed to improve modelling of these perils

  • US insurer climate data collection should avoid duplication, FIO told

    08 November 2023

    APCIA said state regulators have already been collecting climate date for years

  • US Senators grill regulators over private equity ownership and climate

    21 September 2022

    This month's US Senate Banking Committee hearing on insurance shone a light on where politicians have the biggest concerns about the sector. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • The FIO's climate letters reveal burning desires

    30 November 2021

    The Federal Insurance Office (FIO) has published a raft of comment letters after its request for information on climate regulation. Could this be the tinder to spark new rules? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • FSOC climate report: more talk than action

    01 November 2021

    US Federal authorities released their much-awaited report on climate risk in the finance industry. Though comprehensive on current practices, the report treads lightly in its recommendations for what should be done. Sarfraz Thind explains

  • US seeks to plug insurers' data scarcity on climate risk

    01 September 2021

    Public comments are being sought to help the US insurance sector address climate change

  • IAIS Abu Dhabi: Why the Treasury and NAIC returned different ICS conclusions

    19 November 2019

    "Team USA" voiced wildly divergent tones in their reaction to the ICS talks in Abu Dhabi last week. But, despite their strong statements, the US negotiators appear to be in accordance over zero implementation of IAIS's capital accord and the potential to move forward with compromise. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Team USA under pressure from Senate to reject bad ICS deal

    13 September 2019

    Vote on ICS 2.0 is due in November

  • NAIC approves law on EU-US covered agreement

    26 June 2019

    States receive go-ahead to implement pact designed to reduce reinsurer collateral